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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG, Kessel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 9/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A 9/42 ;
Abstract
An artillery-shell rammer with a carriage provided with a shell accommodation trough. The trough is aligned with the weapon's chamber behind the barrel and has a shell positioner at the rear. The carriage travels back and forth on a rail along a track paralleling the axis of the barrel and is coupled to a drive mechanism that accelerates it toward the barrel. Means of braking the carriage are provided at a prescribed distance back of the barrel. The drive mechanism is provided with at least one linear motor.